PRECALCULUS

Course: MATH 1113 - A1, A2 
   Time: MWF 8:05-8:55 (Howey (Physics) Room L3)

SYLLABUS - FALL 2010 

Textbook: Precalculus: A Prelude to Calculus, Sheldon Axler, First Edition, WileyPLUS (see page 3, no need of hardcopy).

 

 

Recitations

Section A1 (TR 8:05-8:55 Skiles 169)

  • TA: Anna Ferraro
  • Office: Skiles 230
  • Office hours: Wed 12-1 or by appointment
  • Math-Lab hours : M to R  11-5 (Skiles 257)
  • Email:  aferraro3@gatech.edu

Section A2 (TR 8:05-8:55 Skiles 254)

  • TA: Andrea Crews
  • Office: Skiles 230
  • Office hours: Thur 11-12 or by appointment
  • Math-Lab hours : M to R 11-5 (Skiles 257)
  • Email:  acrews7@gatech.edu

 

Homework: There will be 13 homework assignments on WileyPLUS. They are all due at noon of the days as shown in the tentative schedule.

Quizzes and Tests: The first 6 Quizzes and all 4 Tests are on Thursday, during recitations. The last quiz, Quiz 7 is on Wednesday (11/24) during lecture. They are all closed books, closed notes, no calculator allowed, only papers and pencils. 

The material covered by each quiz and test is projected as follows:

            Quiz1 = HW1

            Quiz2 = HW1+HW2

            Quiz3 = HW1+HW2+HW3

            Test 1 = HW1+HW2+HW3+HW4+ Practice problems (if applicable) + examples during lectures

            Quiz4 = HW5+HW6

            Test 2 = HW5+HW6+HW7 + Practice problems (if applicable) + examples during lectures

            Quiz5 = HW8

            Quiz6 = HW8+HW9

            Test 3 = HW8+HW9+HW10+ Practice problems (if applicable) + examples during lectures

            Quiz7 = HW11

            Test 4 = HW11+HW12 + Practice problems (if applicable) + examples during lectures

Final exam: The final exam will cover the whole course material (cumulative).

 

Any changes of grades are only considered within 1 week from return date.

Make-up: You have to contact the instructor for permission no later than 2 weeks before the test/quiz, unless emergency. If you don’t have solid proofs, do not try to ask for a make-up.

For the Final, you need to ask the instructor at least 3 weeks before the final (again, with solid proofs).

TA’s evaluation: Based on your attendance and participation during recitations, your TA will give you up to 5% toward the course grade.

Final exemption: If you get ≥92% average after Test 4, you will be exempted from the final.

Grading Scale: HW 5%, Quiz 15%, Test 50%, Final 25%, TA’s evaluation 5%

≥90%: at least A

≥80%: at least B

≥70%: at least C

≥ 60%: at least D

Academic Honor Code: It is your responsibility to get familiar with the Georgia Tech Honor Code. For any questions involving these or any other Academic Honor Code issues, visit www.honor.gatech.edu.

Tentative Schedule

Week

Date

Topics

Homework and Tests

Holidays

1

08/23

Real numbers, Functions, Graphs, Linear, Quadratic, Polynomial, Conic, Rational Functions

 

 

2

08/30

HW1(due Mon), Quiz1(on Thu)

 

3

09/06

HW2(due Tue), Quiz2(on Thu)

09/06

4

09/13

HW3(due Mon), Quiz3(on Thu)

 

5

09/20

HW4 (due Mon), Test 1

Progress Report 10/01

6

09/27

Exponents, Logarithms,

Area, e and ln

HW5 (due Wed)

7

10/04

HW6(due Mon), Quiz4(on Thu)

Last day to drop 10/15

8

10/11

HW7 (due Mon), Test 2

9

10/18

Area, e, ln, Trigonometric Functions

 

10/16-19

10

10/25

HW8(due Mon), Quiz5(on Thu)

 

11

11/01

HW9(due Mon), Quiz6(on Thu)

 

12

11/08

HW10 (due Mon), Test 3

 

13

11/15

Applications of Trigonometry


 

14

11/22

HW11(due M), Quiz7(on Wed)

11/25,26

15

11/29

HW12 (due Mon), Test 4

 

16

12/06

Limits and Reviews

 

 

Final: December 15th (Wednesday) 8am-10:50am in Howey (Physics) Room L3

 

 

 

 

 

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